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TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46

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rN5eM TIL the song ‘Good Hearted Woman’ by Waylon Jennings (and Willie Nelson) was written from an article headline about Tina Turner and her troubled relationship with Ike Turner. Tina went on to record a cover version of the song in 1988.
AN7ma Today I learned that, before 1960, diving boards were usually 3 meters high or 6 meters high, rather than 1 meter high or 3 meters high like today.
w7W7 TIL Planet Fitness prohibits members from creating an “intimidating atmosphere.” Grunting and banging weights result in either the “lunk alarm,” a siren with flashing blue lights to humiliate the perpetrator, or membership cancellation.
OG6ea TIL that though Samoa and American Samoa are only a few hundred miles apart, the islands are 24 hours apart on calendar
BOVd TIL New York Times crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, is the only person in the world to have a degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles.